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You are overstating the importance of the testing in 1st and 2nd grade.  Students are admitted into AAP every year from 3rd through 8th grade.  One low Cogat, NNAT or WISC score will not doom the child for the next six years.  Nor will several "low" scores.  :twisted:  :roll:   There are other tests besides the WISC to administer and WISC can be retaken the next year. Even if the child does not get accepted into AAP in ES, they can take all Honors in Middle School and/or take the Honors and AP classes in HS right along with their AAP classmates.  Being in GenEd for a few years doesn't doom a child to mediocrity just as admittance to AAP doesn't guarantee future success in life.

What matters is what the child does with what he/she is given.  If you think your child is bored in Gen ED but is denied AAP, then enrich his/her life outside of school.  School is less than half their waking hours during the school year and 1/4 of the year there is no school.  Plenty of time for enrichment.  
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I totally agree.  I think AAP is so hyped and its importance overblown here in FCPS.  I have one in AAP and one not.  I don't doubt the one who is "just" smart will probably do better in school and in life even without AAP.  No one is "doomed" if they don't get into AAP.[/quote]

Absolutely agree.  I also have one current AAP child and two who were Gen Ed but are now in high school and college.  Why parents think AAP is the be-all, end-all is beyond me.  Once high school starts, no one cares, asks, or otherwise thinks about who was in AAP and who wasn't.  Honors and AP classes are open to all.  AAP in the elementary or middle school years has no bearing on where a student goes to college.  Do parents actually think their child will not be accepted to a good school if they weren't an AAP kid?  Ridiculous.  High school is whatever the student makes of it.  [/quote]

depends I guess on what you mean by a good school. Almost all the TJ kids come from one of the AAP centers.   I'm still wavering wheher DC should even apply to go there (next year), but a lot of this is "keeping up with the Joneses" so to speak.[/quote]

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